Maine gubernatorial election
1898 Maine gubernatorial election
Nominee
Llewellyn Powers
Samuel L. Lord
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
53,900
29,485
Percentage
62.15%
34.00%
Governor before election
Llewellyn Powers
Republican
Elected Governor
Llewellyn Powers
Republican
The 1898 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1898.
Incumbent Republican Governor Llewellyn Powers was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel L. Lord.
Results [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Some sources give Lord's total as 28,485.[5] [6] The Maine House Journal records the result as Powers 54,098, Lord 28,485, Ladd 2,326, Gerry 641, Lermond 315, scattering 47.[7]
References [ ]
^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499 . ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9 .
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 . Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0 .
^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual . Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
^ "ME Governor, 1898" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved 23 December 2021 .
^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976 . Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-379-00665-0 .
^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1899. Sixty-Ninth Legislature . Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print. 1899. p. 16.
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